Matsunosuke Fukui

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

Directed by Daisuke Itô.

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable...

A boatman's relationships with his mother and fiancee are disrupted when he is conscripted to fight in China.

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.